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Artists that aren't talentless or completely obscure who give away song downloads are very rare and don't care about the MP3 vs. OGG issue. How would you convince them to use OGG?
OGG is patent-free and non-proprietary. Thus, I would tell these hypothetical musicians that using an open format removes the possibility of someone suing them for patent infringement or being placed at the mercy of some company that decides to break backwards-compatibility, stop supporting the format, impose DRM, or another Bad Thing.
The issue of open, Free standards and software vs. proprietary standards and software is relevant to anyone who uses technology in any form. It only seems like pointless geekery to the majority of the population because they don't understand modern technology, and because companies have convinced them that the open-technology advocates are a bunch of smelly, wild-eyed Communists that want to bring down the benevolent technology companies.